Record on constitutional and civil rights principles generated intense opposition; future judicial nomination battles will depend on White House actions
Fair and Just Courts
P.R. Campaign by White House & Pickering Supporters Ignores Constitutional and Civil Rights Issues at Stake
Judiciary Committee Should Reject Pickering On His Record as a Judge and an Elected Official
Charles Pickering’s Record On Civil Rights, Other Key Issues Calls For Rejection By Senate Judiciary Committee
Nominee’s record both before and after becoming a federal judge has generated widespread opposition to his elevation to U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
People For’s Neas, Other Progressive Leaders Urge Senate Judiciary Committee to Reject Appeals Court Nominee Charles Pickering
People For the American Way President Ralph G. Neas called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the nomination of Charles W. Pickering, Sr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and released a detailed report documenting Pickering’s troubling public record on a range of critical issues.
Vicious Attacks On Senators Daschle And Leahy Seek To Force Speedy Confirmation Of Judicial Nominees
Report Documents Right Wing’s Campaign to Exploit War on Terrorism, Short-Circuit Senate Scrutiny of Controversial Bush Nominees to Courts
Senate GOP Exploits War on Terrorism to Promote Right-Wing Judges
PFAWF's Neas calls tactics
"dishonest and disgraceful"
Impending Ninth Circuit Nominee’s Record "Troubling" In Many Areas
California’s Senators Urged to Conduct Careful Review
PFAW President Ralph G. Neas Asks U.S. Senators to Oppose the Bush Tax Cut
PFAW opposes tax cut proposal that would likely absorb most or all of the available budget surplus over the next 10 years.
John Ashcroft's Extremism Against Abortion Rights and Common Birth Control Methods
Senator John Ashcroft, President-elect George W. Bush's nominee for Attorney General of the United States, is well known as a staunch opponent of women's reproductive freedom.
Ashcroft's Record Too Extreme for Justice
New Report Analyzes Votes & Views from His Senate Term
People For the American Way President Ralph G. Neas' Statement on the Nomination of John Ashcroft to be U.S. Attorney General
While it is extremely rare for People For the American Way to oppose an Executive Branch nomination, we must oppose strongly the nomination of John Ashcroft to be Attorney General of the United States.
Ralph G. Neas on the Outcome of the Presidential Race
Vice President Gore did the nation a great service in the weeks since Election Day by insisting that the outcome of the election should rest on the principle that every person has the right to cast a vote that counts
President Clinton Addresses PFAW's Supreme Court Panel--Part I
President Clinton Addresses PFAW's Supreme Court Panel--Part II
Bush Running Mate Dick Cheney's Congressional Voting Record Emphatically Far-Right
Although press reports have begun to explore some of Dick Cheney's right-wing congressional votes, it is important to note that his overall voting record places him to the right even of Newt Gingrich.
People For the American Way Launches Ad Campaign: Pick of Cheney Underscores Bush's Stated Intention to Name Far-Right Justices like Scalia and Thomas to Supreme Court
This week marks six years since a new justice was confirmed -- the longest interval between nominations in 177 years.
1987 Robert Bork TV ad, narrated by Gregory Peck
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